diff --git a/packages/npm/.gitignore b/packages/npm/.gitignore
index 3c3629e6..133fcabd 100644
--- a/packages/npm/.gitignore
+++ b/packages/npm/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 node_modules
+sas-emoji.json
diff --git a/packages/npm/package.json b/packages/npm/package.json
index 268b2a95..d305fda9 100644
--- a/packages/npm/package.json
+++ b/packages/npm/package.json
@@ -6,5 +6,8 @@
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "files": [
     "sas-emoji.json"
-  ]
+  ],
+  "scripts": {
+    "prepare": "cp ../../data-definitions/sas-emoji.json ."
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/npm/sas-emoji.json b/packages/npm/sas-emoji.json
deleted file mode 120000
index f7d44434..00000000
--- a/packages/npm/sas-emoji.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../data-definitions/sas-emoji.json
\ No newline at end of file